Journal box



'35 purpose in the lugs Patented May 12,1931

VINCENT BURR/Y, OF BERWYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WOODMAN RALWAY sur- ILY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIELA CORPORATION OF IIIZILIII'OISy JOURNAL Box Application med. August s, 1927. serial No. 211,361.A l f i Another object is to provide a journal boXV lid which can be readily and quickly attached to the box without employing the use of a number of tools.

Another object is to provide fastening means which can rbe readily applied and replaced by ordinary trainmen and which will' securelyhold the lid' in position.V

Another object is to rprovide a journal boX which has a greater sealing *area than the ordinary boxes. j

The accompanying drawin 1fs illustratea preferred embodiment of the invention and the views therein are as follows:

Fig. 1 'is a front view of va journal box lid fastened to the journal box parts being brol ken for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. c

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastening bolt or rivet.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a standard A. R. A. journal box to .which the lid 2 is swingingly attached by means of a bolt or rivet 3. Y

A double spiral spring 4 has a loop 5 between the two spirals 6, 6 and has two free ends l7, 7 as shown. The two free ends are adapted toviit invholes 8 provided for this the lid.

The journal box has a projection 10 integral therewith which is curved on the inner side as at 11 to accommodate the fastening i 4U member 3 which also passes through the perforated lugs 11. The outer edge of the projection has a flat beveled face 12, Fig. 2, to provide a projection or cam 18 against which the spring 4 bears to cause tension on the spring for "maintaining the lid in closed ytended beyond'the end of 9 formed integral withA lin the rivet would break Ving the box torattle or perhaps the lid would posit-ion.V A metalguard or clip13 is iiXed to the inner side of the springto prevent'wear on the spring ywhen the lid is being opened ory closed. c

- The fastening member 3 is provided with a slot 14 and a recess 15 at one endv as clearly shown in Fig. 3 and is adapted to be received in the perforatedlugs 11 of the ournal boX, and in the perforated ears V16 ofthe lid. The opening 17 in the lidis enlarged and is adapted to receive the sprung end 18 of the member Bas shown in Fig.`1. l v

VVhentheV fastening member 3 is inserted in theholesin member 3 is backed up at itshead 19in any suitable manner and the slotted end 201.01. the

they journal borrandy lid the y l `fastening member ispounded, as with an y ordinary hammer. sure exerted on the slotted 'end 20' causes' the `parts 21 and-'22V of the member Sito spring out and conform withthe sha e of the enlarged opening 17 las shown in ig.1.`

Byproviding fastening means of this characteronly the minimum-amount of tools are required andi the yoperation-of insertingthe fastening vmember in v place is simple.

This pounding or" prestofore, the lids were Vfastened to, the' borl' in many ways such l had ahead foneachendg' one head 'being formed lafter-the'..rivet wasinserted.

" Another means employed was by provid-` ing a rivet whi'chhad a split end landenthe box, the ends being bent over 1ny a Anfianner similar' tc the way one would bend'the ends of anordinary as byusing a rivet which f Cotter pin. yThese methods required the useV of'fadditional tools andA many times the metal a lfall off and be lost.

' In the present inventien the bolt can .bey

very economically made and the method of fastening thek lid tothe box is easy and simple and it can be doneV by the most unskilled kla-y bor.- The invention is particularly fadvanand fracture caustageous on the road Where trainmen may make the repairs or replacements, requiring but the minimum time and using only a hammer. The head may be backed up in any convenient manner such as by using a coupling pin or by using a. rock picked up from the roadbed.

I have also designed the box so that it s almost completely sealed, to prevent foreign matter from entering therein. The flange 23 on the box extends all around the box except at a small place on the top Where it must be left off to provide the necessary clearance for the spring. On the ordinary lid a iange just extends around the bottom and sides and in some instances the ordinary lid may have the flange extend to the points 24, 24, Fig. l. By extending the flange inward as at 25, 25 the chances of dirt and other matter entering the box is greatly reduced.

While my invention pertains primarily to standard A. R; A. journal boxes it is to be understoodthat-it may be applied successfully to other journal boxes and to all other devices Wherev this type of'fastening means may be employed. Thev invention shows a fastening member provided with. a head on one end but I may provide a member having both ends split and held in position in the same manner as I have described above relative to the one end. f

Changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of parts Without departing from the spirit of the invention or largement. y

sacrificing any of the advantages thereof and I reserve the right to make` all such changes as fairly fall Within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: a l. A ournal box provided Witha lid having perforations to receive a fastening member, one of said perforations having an interior rounded enlargement, and al fastening member having a split end expanded into conformance With ythe-contour of said en- 2.v A journal box having aperforated lid, one of Asaid perforations being interiorly enlarged, and a fastening member engaging said perforation and having one end thereof split, the split end of said member being sprung intermediate its ends, to4 conform with the contour of said enlargement for fastening the lid to the box.

3. A journal box including perforated lugs, a lid for said box having perforations therein, and a fastening member for connecting said lid to said box extended through said perforated lugsand said perforations having a split extending inwardly from one end including an enlarged portion'disposed in and expanded to conform with an interior enlargement in one of said Vperforations to retain the fastening member in position.

4. A journal box including perforated infr position.

VINCENT J. BURRY. 

